Item Description: Penguin Books India, 2006. Softcover. Book Condition: New. . (illustrator). . Described variously as the Kashi of the South, the Rome of the East and the pearl of the Orient, Goa, located on the west coast of India, is renowned for its scenic charm, its beaches, and the architectural splendour of its temples, churches and old houses. With its sun-sand-surf leitmotif it is also the land of the lotus-eater, a tourist`s paradise of fun and frolic, raves and revelry. But Goa is more than just the world`s favourite holiday destination. Its unique history, shaped by the various dynasties that ruled it?the Rashtrakutas, the Kadambas and the Bahmani Muslims, before its 450-year-long occupation by the Portuguese from 1510?has given it a distinctive flavour, a different rhythm, an easy cosmopolitanism. Reflected in Water is a collection of essays, poems, stories and extracts from published works that bring to life both the natural beauty and the changing social and political ethos of India`s smallest state. From Mario Cabral e Sa`s delightful take on the earliest Portuguese women to come to India to Gita Mehta`s description of hippies at Calangute, from Alexander Frater`s mesmerizing account of Goa in the monsoon to Manohar Malgonkar`s ode to the Mangeshi temple, this anthology celebrates the irreverent and the sacred in equal measure. Teotonia R. de Souza`s profile of the little-known ?opium smuggler who tried to liberate Goa` is as captivating as Frederick Noronha`s portrait of Abbé Faria, eighteenth-century priest, mesmerist and revolutionary, and one of the region`s most famous sons. While Antoine Lewis fleshes out Goa`s culinary delights, Frank Simoes pays a tribute to feni, the quintessential spirit of the place. Naresh Fernandes`s obsessive search for the elusive humerus of St Francis Xavier echoes Vivek Menezes`s quest for a painting by F.N. Souza, arguably the greatest painter the state has produced. And various aspects of Goa`s history and society, arts and architecture engage the interest of writers as diverse as William Dalrymple and Graham Greene, Maria Couto and Armando Menezes. Insightful essays, intense poetry and evocative fiction, as alluring as the place they describe, make Reflected in Water redolent of the very essence of Goa. Printed Pages: 295. Bookseller Inventory # 23071

Item Description: Concept. Book Condition: As New. Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Trade and Industries: 1. Liberty goods and private trade : some reflections on the liberty and subtlety in the 18 th century Indo-Portuguese trade/Philomena Sequeira Antony. 2. Spurt in industrialisation: Fabrica real de cumbarjua/Celsa Pinto. 3. Portuguese legislation on reopening the mint of Goa in 1845 and issues of overstruck native coinage in Daman/Fenelon Rebello. 4. Trade in Goa during the 19th century with special reference to colonial Kanara/N. Shyam Bhat. 5. Iron ore rush and the quality of life in Goa (1947-1961)/Fatima da Silva Gracias. 6. The organisation of water navigation in Portuguese Goa (1934-1961)/Xavier M. Martins. 7. Tourism in Goa: risks and opportunities/Oscar G. Pereira. II. Village Communities and Goan Life: 8. The village communities: a historical and legal perspective/Carmo D'Souza. 9. Village communities in Goa and their evolution/Joseph Velinkar. 10. Peasantry and the colonial state in Goa (1946-1961)/Pratima Kamat. 11. Land tenure and people in Daman: past and present/Livia Baptista de Souza Ferrao. 12. Kenaf, an annual plant for paper industry: its viability and potential interest for the economy of Goa/Augusto Felix Francisco Rodrigues. 13. Indo-Portuguese furniture and its evolution/Percival Noronha. 14. Emergence of a goan elite of intellectuals (1820-1926)/Pia de Menezes Rodrigues. 15. Liberation and the goan ethos/Teresa Albuquerque. III. Religious Issues: 1 6. A glimpse of the hospitallers of Diu in the late 18 th century/Artur Teodoro de Matos. 17. The sisters of Santa Monica in the 1. Bookseller Inventory # 13276

Item Description: 1837. appointing Judge of Appeal and Secretary of State for Imperial Affairs, Antonio PINTO CHICHÔRRO DA GAMA, (1800-1887, Appeal Judge, Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice, 1860-1875), President of the Province of Rio de Janeiro in succession to Dom Paulino José Soares de Souza, and saying, "after swearing an oath, in the terms of the Charter of the 3rd October, 1834, you will assume the Office above mentioned" and will "receive from the Vice-President in office all the instructions necessary for the good administration and running of the public affairs; ensuring the strict observance of the Laws, for the liberty, security and prosperity of the People entrusted to you", signed also by Finance Minister Manoel ALVES BRANCO, (1797-1854, Prime Minister, 1847), 1 side 14¾" x 9¼" and conjugate address leaf bearing the papered seal of Brazil, Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 15th September a few tiny holes, one just touching the first 'n' in Feijó's signature Priest, teacher and philosopher, Feijó is one of the most striking figures of his time. In 1821 at the Assembly in Portugal, he made a powerful speech in favour of the Independence of Brazil, then made his escape with the help of the British Ambassador and six colleagues to Falmouth where he issued a manifesto, returning to Brazil in 1822, where as a deputy he reestablished discipline in the army. In 1835 he was elected sole Regent by the people. He spoke against celibacy in the clergy and had contact with London about ending the slave trade to Brazil. After struggling to hold the nation together for two years, he resigned in 1837. Bookseller Inventory # 53057

Item Description: Coimbra, Tip. F. França Amado, Successor, Julho de 1921., 1921. 32 pp. Nº 1. Large 8°, original printed wrappers (very minor wear). Slight browning. Partially unopened; overall in very good condition. Nº 1. ---- FIRST and ONLY EDITION, a COMPLETE RUN. According to Fernando Guimarães, this review, along with others such as @Ícaro, A Tradição, A Nossa Revista, Bysancio, Conímbriga, Tríptico, and @Labareda, mix tendencies which were still strong in the 1920s, among them Decadence, Symbolism, Literary Nationalism, and @Saudosismo. These were to unite with the Modernism of the generation of @Orpheu, preparing the way for the appearance of @Presença. @Nova phenix was edited by Luís Vieira de Castro and published by Luís de Sousa e Vasconcelos. In an initial essay Manuel de Meneses (pp. 1-4) disparages authors such as Júlio Dantas, Antero de Figueiredo, Carlos Malheiro Dias, António Patrício, Sousa Pinto and Augusto de Castro, among others. In the same essay, Meneses affirms that the review proposes to analyze the state of Portuguese literature and contribute to its rehabilitation, stating that the review is not the organ of any @coterie, and does not present any particular program. Four sonnets by João Cabral do Nascimento (pp. 5-8) are followed by an article on Russian ballet by Ernesto Gonçalves (pp. 9-16). There are two previously unpublished letters by Camilo Castelo Branco to José Cardoso Vieira de Castro (pp. 17-9), and Luís Vieira de Castro contributes a piece of short fiction titled "Espiritual" (pp. 20-5), as well as an essay "Ideias & factos, cronica: a melhor obra de Camillo" (pp. 29-31). Álvaro Manso de Souza provides three sonnets with the collective title "Poemas Orientais" (pp. 26-8). Finally, Manuel de Meneses contributes a brief resumé of the recent "Vida Literária e Artística" (pp. 31-2), which includes favorable mention of Eugénio de Castro, Fialho de Almeida, and Aquilino Ribeiro, as well as the painter Eduardo Viana. Ruy Coelho's opera @Auto do Berço, performed at the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, was judged unsuccessful, though the composer's talent was considered admirable.---- Pires, @Dicionário das revistas literárias portuguesas do século XX, pp. 219-20, correctly transcribing the title of this review; @Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX, I, 256-7, succumbing to the pedantry of the Porbase and Biblioteca Nacional cataloguers in calling this @Nova fenix renascida. Clara Rocha, @Revistas literárias do século XX em Portugal, pp. 368-9, 643. Carneiro da Silva, @Jornais e revistas do Distrito de Coimbra. Serpa 851. Almeida Marques 1463. See also Fernando Guimarães, @Simbolismo, modernismo e vanguardas (1982). OCLC: 26497210 (Brown University, University of Michigan, Washington University, Getty Research Library). Porbase locates copies at the Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. It is typical of this otherwise very useful resource's pedantic approach to cataloguing, that one gets no "hits" by searching "Nova phenix" - not even a cross reference; to find it, one must search under the newer, politically correct orthography, "Nova fenix". Not located in Copac. Not located in Hollis or Orbis. Bookseller Inventory # 37672